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,,,^\\**@@  A SECRET ROUNDABOUT: IN WHAT USED TO BE @@**\\^,,,
,^=\*#@###  BRAZIL OR CHINA. FENCED IN, SECLUDED BY ###@#*\=^,
,^=\†*#@##  SPECIAL PLANTS GROWING UNUSUALLY TALL.  ##@#*†\=^,
,^=\†*#@##    SPELLED IN BY PURPOSEFUL SYMMETRY,    ##@#*†\=^,
,^=\†*#@@@     ROADS LIKE SYMBOLS, ALIGNED WITH     @@@#*†\=^,
,^=\†*#@##  LEY LINES. DIALED IN WITH WELL-ROUNDED  ##@#*†\=^,
,,,^^=\†##             GPS COORDINATES.             ##†\=^^,,,
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,^=\†*####                                          ####*†\=^,
,^=\†*##@@    A DANGEROUS GAME: THE ROUNDABOUT IS   @@##*†\=^,
,^=\†*#@##  IMPORTANT TO SOME LARGE CONSTELLATION   ##@#*†\=^,
,^=\†*#@##       OF INTENTS AND BUREAUCRACIES.      ##@#*†\=^,
,^=\†*#@## GOVERNMENTS AND COMPANIES ARE CREATURES  ##@#*†\=^,
,^=\†*####     IN A WAY. YET PEOPLE SNEAK SMALL     ####*†\=^,
^=\†*#@###   BETWEEN THEIR CLAWS, AND HIDE IN THE   ###@#*†\=^
,^=\†*#@##     ROADSIDE BUSHES. THEY WAIT THERE.    ##@#*†\=^,
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,,,,==†**@   VEHICLES APPROACH; THE GAME IS ON -    @**†==,,,,
,^=\†*##@@   QUICKLY THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN WELL    @@##*†\=^,
,,^==\†#@# PRACTICED GEOMETRIES. THEIR BODIES MAKE  #@#†\==^,,
,^=\†*#@##  COUNTER-SPELLS ON THE ASPHALT. TRAFFIC  ##@#*†\=^,
,,,,^=†*##   IS INSTANTLY DIVERTED, FLOWS IN SICK   ##*†=^,,,,
,,,^^^\†*#  WAYS, LIKE DOGS LET LOOSE. SYMMETRY IS  #*†\^^^,,,
,^=\†*#@##                  LOST.                   ##@#*†\=^,
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,^=\†*#@##  CARS ARE EJECTED INTO THE GREENS. SHIPS ##@#*†\=^,
,^=\†*#@##     COLLIDE. THERE ARE MANY KINDS OF     ##@#*†\=^,
,^=\†*####      CASUALTIES, ON BOTH SIDES. THE      ####*†\=^,
,^=\†*#@##    SPELLMAKERS WILL NOT COME HOME. IT    ##@#*†\=^,
,,,,,,^=†#   SICKENS ME, THIS PHYSICAL REALITY OF   #†=^,,,,,,
,^=\†*###@  IT, BUT THE CAUSE IS JUST. I SNEAK BACK @###*†\=^,
,^==\\†###      OVER THE FENSE, HEADING SOUTH.      ###†\\==^,
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